Witness: Three mega-projects, including ECRL, mooted to bail out 1MDB


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 04 Sep 2019

witness of Datuk Seri Najib Razak at The Kuala Lumpur court House for The 1MDB case

KUALA LUMPUR: Three controversial mega-projects mooted during Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration were conceived to bail out the debt-laden 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

These projects are the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP), which have been terminated, and the East Cast Rail Link (ECRL), which has been renegotiated.

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